fingerprintsld use -- could see his fingerprints on nato reviews and president obama's agenda. he drove a surge among the allies in afghanistan. he championed a new model for alliance intervention in the operation in libya. onlys also been one of the u.s. ambassadors, the few u.s. ambassadors, to serve as a permanent host to eat the nato alliance. when they hosted the alliance for summit in chicago. it was in the run-up to chicago that both he and his family film of the windy city. that is now his permanent home. he is coming to us today from chicago. he is now leading charters to help chicago on the map. an just becoming international economic city, but also with security. netherlands, he is the transatlantic link that we are so proud of here. he has written the book on transatlantic security and national security. with landmark books on coast of oh and national security council. before heading out to nato, he was the dean of the university of maryland. he served on the national security council's top during the clinton in administration. theme welcome him to podium. we're loo